Romantic Period Literature

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The paper discusses how the Romantic Period of literature was marked by many representations of the reinforcement of tradition and propriety by industrialists who wanted to represent themselves as wealthy. The paper shows how this can be seen in the literary tradition of the era. The paper examines the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen that is populated by characters that meet the ideals of this period. The paper examines Marx's Communist Manifesto in conjunction with romantic literature and explores the ideals it supports.

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"The Romantic Period of literature was marked by many representations of the reinforcement of tradition and propriety, as well as satire on the whole of the traditions and challenges. The romantic period being marked by a change of hands, with the rise of the "new" moneyed rich, who had been a part of the great industrial revolution, presumably as a part of the group who had walked upon the backs of others rather than been walked upon for another's gain. These newly rich characters were making every stride to live, as if they were members of an earlier and more foundational aristocracy. To do so they had to embark on building asset of rules and social demands that represented their desire for public acceptance."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. James Kinsley. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.
• Gilman, Priscilla. ""Disarming Reproof": Pride and Prejudice and the Power of Criticism." Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal (2000): 218.
• Marx, Karl. Capital, the Communist Manifesto and Other Writings. Ed. Max Eastman. New York: The Modern Library, 1959.
• Park, You-Me, and Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, eds. The Postcolonial Jane Austen. London: Routledge, 2000.
• Ryals, Clyde De L. "Recent Studies in the Nineteenth Century." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 36.4 (1996): 934.

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